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RULER 0R GUIDE FOR CUTTING PURS OR FUR TRIMMINGS.

No. 256,956. Patented Apr. 25, 1882.-

N. PETEHE min-Lithographer. Wllhlngton. D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GABRIEL L. BIOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RULER OR GUIDE- FOR CUTTING FURS OR FUR TRIMMINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,956, dated April 25, 1882. Applicationfiled March 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GABRIEL L. BIOW, a citizen of the United States,.residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Ruler or Guide for Cutting Furs and Fur Trimmings, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore furs and fur trimmings were first ruled and marked by means of an ordinary flat ruler or'stick in the direction the fur was cut, and then the fur was out where the marks were drawn, so making the desired strips. This practice obtains to this day, and requires two operations-the first to rule and mark the fur, and the second to cut it. This second operation rtquires a certain skill on the part of the operator to follow the marking on the fo r without cuttinginto the strip.

The object of my invention is to render it unnecessary to rule and mark the fur, and :llsO to provide a fixed hack to the knife throughout the entire line of the fur to be out, and at the same time to hold the fur in a fixed position while it is being cut, so that an inexperienced operator can cut the fur in the desired manner by merely running the knife through the fur and against the edge of the guide. I attain these objects and results by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is the top view of the device while ready for use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device as it appears with one of its guides uplifted after use, and Fig. 3: is a side view of the clamps which hold the frame-work of the device in a'rigid and fixed position while in use.

The clamps D are affixed to a cutting-table by screws. They are constructed of metal, so as to form a hollow on one of their sides, with the mouth facing the level of the table, as shown in Fig. 2. Two of these clamps are affixed to the table in a straight line and at a distance apart measuring nearly the length of the frame A, and remain so permanently. The frame A is rigidly clamped into position by sliding one end into the hollow of each clamp, so that the strengthening projection or rod of the frame A fits into the hollow. The frame A is of any given length, and has any given number of guides, constructed of suitable metal, permanently fitted to it by a separate hinge for each guide, on a line with the length of the frameA in immediate succession, so that each guide moves individuallyiu an upward direction only after having been used. Each hingeis either riveted or soldered to the frame A and the guides, and connected by a pin. The guides on each device are of uniform length and width. The hole in the frame serves to hang the device away on a nail whennot in use. Several of thescdevices, each having guides B of different length and width, but having frames of uniform length, constitute a set.

The operation of this device is as follows: The frame A, having the guides of desired length and width, is slid into the clamps D, so as to be held in position firmly. The fur skin to be cut is then placed, pelt upward, underneath the guides B, and they are all shut down so as to cover the skin completely. A fur-cutting knife is then run through the fur, hard againstthe edge of the guide B, until the full length of the fur has been out. Then that guide is lifted up and thrown back on the frame A, out of the way of a new strip of fur to be cut. The same operation is continued with this and the other strips until all the guides have been raised, when the remaining fur, if there is any, is replaced under the guides B, as before.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, in a fur-cutting ruler or guide, of a frame, A, fitted and provided with movable or lifting guides B, to secure a fixed back for the cutting-knife in each strip, substantially as described, for the purposes specified.

2. In a fur-cutting ruler or guide, the combination of a frame, A, with liftingguides se cured by hinges, movable independently of each other, and placed in a continuous line along'the face or length ofthe frame A, all substantially as set forth.

3. The clamps D, having a hollow or mouth on one of their sides,which, in combination with the proj ection or rod E on the frame A, rigidly hold the frame A, substantially as shown, and for the purposes specified.

GABRIEL L. BIOW.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR J. WESTERMAYR, O. Srmo. 

